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Kinect Banned In China
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Along with everything else.
Published: 7:52, 13/07/2010 by Dan Lee.
36It has now been officially confirmed that Microsoft’s Kinect will not be going on sale in China. This will come as no surprise for many as China’s Ministry of Culture edict, issued in 2000, prohibits the sale of video game equipment and accessories.
One of the few companies to have made inroads into the Chinese market is Nintendo and their joint venture with iQue, who released the iQue Player in 2003, which is a console based on Nintendo 64 hardware.
Microsoft China COO Michel Van Der Be has said that the company intends to cooperate with local laws.
Source: Gamasutra
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13/07/2010 at 08:15
Member since: Jul 2009
What the hell is wrong with people..?
The state of this world is truly sad.
13/07/2010 at 08:21
Member since: Jul 2009
Am I understanding this correctly, you can’t own a console in china?!
13/07/2010 at 09:03
Member since: Mar 2010
It probably cuts productivity or something; economic slavery and all that.
13/07/2010 at 23:07
Member since: Sep 2008
Heh, they can make our consoles but they can’t use em.
13/07/2010 at 11:22
Member since: Aug 2008
beat me to it… I cant believe you cant own a PS3/360 over there. You can leave the country though right?? its not total lock down, could you import things? also, if i went on holiday, could i take my PSP?
13/07/2010 at 11:47
Member since: Aug 2009
Well yes? Hong Kong, that has a playstation storn has its in teh republic of china
13/07/2010 at 12:56
Member since: Apr 2009
Hong kong has slightly different laws then the rest of the country though
13/07/2010 at 18:34
Member since: Dec 2009
i got my ps3 in hong kong but i thought chienese people were all about technology
13/07/2010 at 08:22
Member since: May 2009
Thats what it sounds like! this does sound a bit strange.
Does this mean Sony can’t market Move in China either??
13/07/2010 at 08:23
Member since: May 2009
Actually, it does say, ‘sale of video game equipment and accessories’ doesn’t mean you can’t own one
13/07/2010 at 08:31
Member since: Jun 2010
they cant sell you one, but im pretty sure you can import.
13/07/2010 at 08:39
Member since: May 2009
Which I believe is what I just implied?!
13/07/2010 at 08:23
Member since: Jul 2010
Suddenly i love china
:)
13/07/2010 at 11:48
Member since: Aug 2009
Dualshock 4 life?
13/07/2010 at 08:38
Member since: Forever
It unsurprising really, we always moan and complain about our country but we should remember at least we can bitch and moan about it
13/07/2010 at 08:40
Member since: May 2009
I think if I lived in China i’d just die of boredom.
13/07/2010 at 08:52
Member since: May 2009
I know of a nice walk along a fairly large wall.
13/07/2010 at 08:58
Member since: Apr 2009
haha funny
13/07/2010 at 08:55
Member since: Feb 2009
if you’re lucky you might.
13/07/2010 at 12:11
Member since: May 2009
Or you may kill your self after a 16 hour shift at £1 a day putting the same button on an iPhone over and over again. Then if you fail to do it in under 3 seconds a button you will be forced to stand up in front of the factory and read a written statement explaining that you are a terrible employee – that’s what they showed on Panorama anyway.
13/07/2010 at 09:04
Member since: Jul 2009
Ah, you have to love that oppression. Shocking, isn’t it. No wonder the likes of Google are having trouble over there.
13/07/2010 at 09:16
Member since: Jun 2009
If I owned a company, you can see why you would want to try to get a product sold in China, but it’s not worth the hassle you get, as in Google. They provide them a service, then get kicked in the teeth for doing so. China is a state.
13/07/2010 at 11:02
Member since: Jul 2009
With it being the most populated country in the world, Google have shown that even a small slice of the market can still have great return. Just the whole moral/freedom/ethical bit rearing its ugly noggin’.
13/07/2010 at 12:13
Member since: May 2009
What was the Google tag line again “Don’t be evil” makes a mockery of it really dosen’t it
13/07/2010 at 09:05
Member since: Apr 2010
China does not like movements.
Get it?
13/07/2010 at 09:29
Member since: Oct 2008
Get out……….
13/07/2010 at 12:58
Member since: Apr 2009
i thought that was goodun
13/07/2010 at 09:18
Member since: Jun 2010
ironic…made in China probably and then banned in their own country :)
13/07/2010 at 11:03
Member since: Jul 2009
Hahahaha! That would be awesome! *applauds*
13/07/2010 at 16:14
Member since: Aug 2009
LMAO!!
13/07/2010 at 09:47
Member since: Aug 2009
The issue is Cross Game Chat of CGC (sounds like some advanced military thing that way) and Great Firewall China. They will not be able to block Chinese people talking about truth and there something called freedom. With freedom also there comes UNIONS!